Fat people cost GBP75 more to bury (UK)

Fat people will cost more to bury than those who are thinner, it has emerged after a British council said it would charge an extra GBP75 to bury the obese because they take up more space in a cemetery. Relatives of those with bigger bodies will have to pay GBP194 instead of the usual GBP129 fee in Houghton Regis, Beds, the Mirror reported. Chairman of the council's burial committee Cllr Linda Walmsley described the charge as "unfortunate". She told the Mirror: "There was a request from the funeral directors who asked what the charge would be for a larger person. I think it is unfortunate. I couldn't say everybody would be willing to pay." It is the first area in the country to vary burial fees according to the dead person's weight. - Telegraph